Tool-handle fastener



, f 1,635,961 July 12, 1927. v P. E ROWE Tool. HANDLE FAsTx-:NER

Filed Sept. 9. 1926 PerryE H am 'Patented July 12, 1927.

PERRY EDWARD Rowe, or vAMARILLO,Taxes.

moot-HANDLE rAsTEirER.

Application filed september 9, ieee.V 'serial No.; 134,5111..

Y V4Theobject is the provision of a means for holding and adjustably securing the head of an implement, such as a hammer or the like,on the woodenhandle therefor, the device heilig characterized by simplicity vin construction and reliability and efficiency in practical use.

To vthe attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement as fr hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings: `Figure l is a side elevation illustrating the application of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on 4the line 2-2 ofFigurel.

Figure 3 is a planview of the sleeve. Figure 4 is an end view thereof. Figure 5 employed. y

In 'the drawings I have illustrated my improvement in connection with a machinists hammer but obviously the'device is not to be thus restricted in its useful application,

Aas the same may be successfullyV employed for holding implement heads of any character on wooden handles therefor.

The wooden handle is indicated by the numeral 1, the eye end 2 of which is tapered. Arranged over the end 2 of the handle l thereis a. tapered sleeve 3 that provides one of the important elements of the improvement. The sleeve is split longitudinally as clearly disclosed by Figure 3 of the drawings and the outer or reduced end of the sleeve is formed with head 4 which is round in plan and which is eXteriorly threaded. The inner face of they head 4 is slitted, as-at 5, and between these slits there is integrally formed on the said inner face of the head a wedge 6. In arranging the sleeve on theend 2 of the handle l, the head 4 is subjected to an impact of force such as a blow from a hammer to cause the wedge 6 to be inserted in the said end 2 of the handle. By reference to the drawings it will be noted that the inner bore of the` sleeve is tapered, as at 7, and the end of the handle divided by the wedge 6 is forced into this tapered portion of the bore, thereby effectively securing the sleeve on the end of the handle. The sleeve 3 is inserted in the Y usual manner through the eye of a hammer or like implement 8. The implement 8 1s reamed inwardly around the eye or bore thereof from the outer face of the said im-l plement. Screwed on the head 4 there is a be perfectly is a plan view of the split nut o' that I do not wish to a reduced outstanding Y split-nut 9, and this nut has an'inner cone face 10 that contacts with the beveled wall 11 provided by the said reamed. part ofthe implement head. ThusV when the nut 9 is :screwed home the ends thereof will be forced toward each other and as the nut lembodies a natural resiliency and thezends thereof have a tendency to spring 'away from ,eachv o ther,'it will `be seen that the nut isefec` tively locked on the implement handle and y in engagement with the head of the sleeve.

Thesimplicity of my improvementand the advantages thereof, will, it-is thought, apparent to thoseyslilled in thev art towhich such-invention relates when the foregoing description has been carefully read in connection with the accompanying drawings, it being, of course, understood be restricted to the precise details of construction herein set forth and therefore hold myself entitled to such changes therefrom as fairly'fall within the Vscope of what I claim.

Having described the invention, I claim:

l. A means forrholdingV awooden handle in the eyeof an implement, comprising a split sleeve having an outer head which is exteriorly threaded and khaving an inner wedge that is designed to be inserted in `the end of the'handle, said sleeve designed to be inserted-through the eye of the implement and a nut screwed on the head of the sleeve and partly received in the eye of the implement.

on an implement, comprising a split sleeve having an outer head which is round in plan and eXteriorly threaded, said head being slitted on the inner face thereof, a wedge integrally formed on the head between said slits, said wedge designed to Vbe inserted in the end of the handle which is receivedin the sleeve, said sleeve adapted to be inserted through the eye of the implement, and a split nut screwed on the head of the sleeve and partly received in the eye of the Vimplevment and contacting with the wall provided thereby. Y

- 3. A means for securing a woodenV handle on a- Vhammer or vlike implement, and inv which th'ewooden handle has a tapered end, ksaid means including a split sleeve,y which is tapered and lwhich has its reduced end formed with a head extension, the latter being round in plan and having exterior teeth, the bore of the sleeve being tapered for a 2. Armeens' for securing a wooden handle Adistance from its juncture with its head, said head havlng' lts lnner face shtted and belng formed Wlth a rearwardly extendlng Wedge between said slits,

inserted n the mentioned end of the handlev said Wedge adaptedto be to spread said end to Contact with the b'ore of the sleeve, the

head being bevele outer face of the hammer d around its eye and the sleeve adapted to be inserted throngh said veye and a split nut screwed on the head of 10 the sleeve and havlng an lnner Cone face re- PERRY 'EDVARD ROWE. 

